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An opponent of same-sex marriage displays a sign on the steps of Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama February 9, 2015. Same-sex couples began marrying in Alabama on Monday despite an attempt by the conservative chief justice of the state's Supreme Court to block judges from issuing marriages licenses to gay men and women in open defiance of a January federal court ruling. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)